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Officer, Procurement (Fluent in Portuguese)

Full time at IHS Towers in UAE
Posted on February 3, 2025

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Officer, Procurement (Fluent in Portuguese)

  • Full-time
  • Location: Dubai - DIFC
  • Employee Type: Permanent
  • Department: Finance & SSC Finance
IHS Towers is one of the largest independent owners, operators, and developers of shared telecommunications infrastructure in the world by tower count and is the only towerco solely focused on the emerging markets. The Company has more than 40,000 towers across its 10 markets, including Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Kuwait, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, and Zambia. Purpose To support S2P process optimisation and best practice across IHS, perform PO processing (with or without a purchase requisition) and creation/maintenance of vendor/supplier’s master data for the assigned entities. Key Responsibilities
  • Ensure compliance with procurement policy and procedures, monitoring and overseeing corporate procurement practices.
  • Identify and implement opportunities for continuous improvement in procurement related processes and practices to improve efficiency and enhance effectiveness.
  • Create Purchase Order and share to Supplier/Requester within the required Turn-Around-Time.
  • Manage queries and issues from both stakeholders and suppliers.
  • Track the status of Requisition and Purchase Order.
  • Explore for continuous process improvements and share best practices across teams.
  • Contribute to team metrics by achieving stated productivity and accuracy goals daily.
  • Support onboarding processes where appropriate working with the sourcing manager, other procurement & supply chain SSC team members, master data team and accounts payable.
Education
  • Preferred - (MCIPS or equivalent functional qualification)
Experience
  • 3-5 years Procurement experience across Industry, consulting, or outsourcing organizations.
  • Global exposure or experience in working on geographically dispersed teams will be an advantage.
  • Ability to work successfully in a process-driven environment with courage to challenge the status quo.
  • Knowledge of best practice in this area, and experience delivering continuous improvement activities.
  • Experience in working across multiple global entities and time zones.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
  • Good interpersonal skills and team player.
  • Can communicate fluently, swiftly, and assertively.
  • Understanding of Procurement concepts and principles.
  • Target oriented with strong focus on meeting SLA Commitments.
  • Eye for detail and accuracy, Ability to bring and share best practice.
  • Expenses and Accounts Payable in-depth fusion knowledge and experience is required.
  • English language required with fluent Portuguese (French language is an added benefit)
Our people and culture are what make IHS such a unique organization. To maximize on our spirit of collaboration, innovation and teamwork we operate an office based working policy 100% of the time across all our locations. Organizational Competencies
  • Customer Focus - People demonstrating this competency understand & exceed our customers’ needs. They develop trusted, reliable & collaborative relationships.
  • Innovation - People demonstrating this competency constantly seek new & improved ways to deliver our products & services.
  • Integrity - People demonstrating this competency are open & honest in everything they do.
  • Be Bold - People demonstrating this competency are thorough in analyses & decision-making.
  • Sustainability - People demonstrating this competency are constantly seeking to create positive impact in the communities we serve.
Our Vision IHS is committed to improving the quality and availability of telecommunications infrastructure, the lifeline for an increasingly connected world. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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